July Chapter Member Update

Celebrating You: Chapter Recognition

Congratulations to the following chapters celebrating milestone anniversaries (in five-year increments until a chapter’s 50th year, then every year). This month we congratulate the following chapters:

• San Francisco Chapter, San Francisco, CA – 1 year
• Treasure Valley Chapter, Boise, ID – 35 years
• Greater Long Beach Orange County Chapter, Tustin, CA – 45 years
• Central Missouri Chapter, Columbia, MO – 50 years
• Northeast Tennessee, Elizabethton, TN – 50 years
• Greater Austin Area Chapter, Austin, TX – 52 years
• Greater Kansas City Chapter, Kansas City, MO – 52 years
• Greater Memphis Area, Memphis, TN – 52 years
• Dallas County Chapter, Dallas, TX – 53 years
• Greater St. Louis Chapter, St. Louis, MO – 53 years

We are grateful for your ongoing leadership and dedication to nursing excellence.

We Welcome Our New Board Members!

As we enter the new fiscal year with the AACN theme “On Purpose,” we welcome new members Daniel Arellano, Jennifer Hayakawa and Audrey Roberson to the AACN Board of Directors, and Erika Simon and Clareen Wiencek to the AACN Certification Corporation board. Please encourage your chapter members to visit the board webpage to learn about our board leaders. 

AACN Partnership: Prelicensure Nursing Student Scholarships 

AACN is excited to announce our partnership with the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN Colleges) to offer $40,000 in financial support to baccalaureate nursing students. Designed to help stabilize and strengthen the nursing workforce, our AACN2: Pathway to Critical Care Scholarships will provide $2,500 each to 16 qualified applicants planning to work in critical care after graduation. Please share this opportunity with your members, especially nurse educators, who may know a student. The online application deadline is Sept. 1.